A couple of recipes to share
This first recipe I discovered quite by accident. Yesterday I had been
making my usual 'overnight oatmeal' for breakfast -- it's just plain
rolled oats which I usually mix with cinnamon and raisins, then soak in
soy milk. It should soak in the fridge at least half an hour, but it's
even better soaked overnight. Anyway, I had already measured out the 1c
of oats, tossed in a handful of raisins and sprinkled cinnamon on, then
started pouring in the cup of soy milk when I realized I didn't have a
cup left! What to do -- it's not as good adding water, I've tried that
before. I looked in the fridge and saw a jar of natural apple sauce
staring at me -- hmmm. No idea what that would turn out like, but I
mixed it in so it was basically half soy milk and half apple sauce. I
stirred it up and let it soak in the fridge half an hour or so. Well
what the heck -- it was delicious! Of course apples and cinnamon and
raisins all go together well, I just never considered putting apple
sauce in before, but it's a great way to use up that leftover
applesauce.
Now, the lunch box today was amazing! For greens I had a spinach,
rocket (arugula) and kale salad mix, with a handful of mixed sprouts,
snow pea pods, broccoli, shredded carrot, tomato, green pepper, and some
of the leftover rosemary roasted sweet potatoes from yesterday (which
I'd added red onion to). I didn't end up making the home made veggie
turkey lunch meat because I picked up a vegetarian chicken style roast
at the store, which I'd baked with the rosemary mint glaze it comes
with. So I diced some of that in the box, and topped it all off with
some fabulous home made pumpkin hummus. Wow, was this a good mix! I
found the hummus recipe online, and I'll share the recipe here but of
course I did things a bit differently. I used a butternut pumpkin that
was just over 2 pounds, and didn't need to boil it as long as the recipe
says, it was done in maybe 20 minutes or so. I drained and mashed it,
and it was pretty thick so I didn't need to cook the liquid out of it as
the recipe dictates. Maybe they used a different kind of pumpkin. In
any case, it was probably more pumpkin than I needed for the recipe
because of that, but I still put most of it in. I could probably have
added another can of chickpeas to it, but I didn't have one on hand. It
was still a bit thick, so I doubled the lemon juice, and just because I
like the flavor of it, doubled the cumin as well. This stuff is
DELICIOUS, lower in fat (I don't add any oil) and cheaper than the store
bought stuff, and it made heaps, so I can have it all week. YUM!
Anyway, you can find the original recipe here.